Have your pets travelled before? Dogs should not be too bad, just remember to take a bowl for them to drink out off. Cats are different. The meowing for hours on end can send you batty. See if your local vet has something that may help to calm them. Also make sure carriers are very secure, the cardboard ones really don't work that well and you end up with a cat moving around the car.
I'm in the middle of preparation for move mode (move is a few months away ... so I've got a while). I'm only moving what I will need, the rest will be gotten rid of. The furbabies will be flown down before I leave and put into a boarding place for a week or so (until I'm settled).
Make sure that you've got the essentials in the car with you for when you get to your destination (unless all your stuff is already at your new place and partially unpacked) - so things like a kettle, cups/mugs/glasses, spoons, a few plates & cutlery.
Thinks to keep the munchkins occupied on the drive - and try not to do the drive in one go - short drives and lots of stops.
Speak to the RSPCA (or your vet) about best ways to travel with the pets.
Where in Qld - maybe one of the Qld girls could help at their end with getting essentials organised in the house before you get there (milk, bread, sugar, coffee/tea etc)
I would say try to pack as much snacks and sangers in a small esky for your trip too so your not stuck eating cruddy servo hot- box food!
Good luck with the move!
I drove from bris to the ACT with two cats. highly recommend getting them frieghted rather than drive. You will have difficulty finding a motel to stop at. 15 hours driving straight with meowing cats will drive you crazy... if you do tranq them, it will only last part of the journey, THEN you have to deal with how to get the cat out of the cage to tranq them again. If you have a car full of stuff, this can be tricky.
Mind you I did the trip solo. Take some good music unless u like to listen to talk back radio.
You may also need to book into a cattery at the other end, depending on who you are staying with.
Gas bottles etc won't/can't be freighted, so you have to carry them in your car, and anything like cleaning fluids can't go with the removalists.
If you do decide to drive the whole way with cats meowing in the car (and they will drive you crazy after about 8hrs), I wouldn't worry too much about litter trays or even food. You can offer water, but depending on where you plan to put the cats, they will either knock the water over or it will get spilt if you go around corners sharply.
Personally, I would never attempt the drive again with pets - I'd pay a company that specialises in animal removals and get htem to book them into a cattery for you at the other end - no fuss, no worries. - the issue though is that you need a screw down cat carry cage, not the clip ones. good luck.
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